There is a significant and consistent relationship between marijuana use and the development of schizophrenia and related disorders. Schizophrenia is considered by psychiatrists to be the most devastating of mental illnesses. Patients who suffer from …
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Samuel T. Wilkinson: Pot-Smoking And the Schizophrenia Connection
Lovato opens up on bulimia, mental illness
She opens up about her history of bulimia and her struggles with mental illness, which she says went back as far as when she appeared on "Barney and Friends" at the age of 7. "I went through things when I was younger that I've never talked about that …
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Mental illness advocates say Fl budget lacks funding
(WTXL)–Mental health advocates say they've seen millions of dollars of cuts to services over the last few years and the state needs to do a better at funding them. Spending her time working on activities here at the Apalachee center is almost a daily …
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Dr. Alen Salerian, Well-Known DC Psychiatrist, Invites Public Debate On …
Most recently, Dr. Salerian founded and practiced as a psychiatrist at the Salerian Center for Neuroscience and Pain to treat those with pain and psychiatric illnesses. Dr. Salerian founded the non-profit Doctors for Equal Rights for … Dr. Salerian …
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Demi Lovato starts treatment charity in memory of her late father
Demi Lovato starts treatment charity in memory of her late father. UPI News Service, 07/01/2013. Demi Lovato says she has established a fund in honor of her late father for people who need treatment for mental illness or addiction. ADVERTISEMENT …
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Utah man charged with allegedly trying to kidnap a boy
A South Salt Lake man with a history of mental illness has been charged with allegedly trying to snatch a child from over a fence. The 45-year-old man was charged Monday in 3rd District Court with attempted child kidnapping and obstructing justice.
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Two state agencies merge into the Department of Mental Health & Addiction …
“Because both addiction and mental illness are diseases of the brain that can be treated successfully, it makes sense that treatment services for people with these illnesses are coordinated. We anticipate being able to provide better services through …
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Bank robbery leads to questions about crime, mentally ill
As hospitals have cut back on keeping people with serious mental illnesses in longterm care, the number of people who need help and who are instead in prisons, like DeSantis, has jumped to 16 percent across the country. That's triple the amount there …
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Bank robbery leads to questions about crime, mentally ill
As hospitals have cut back on keeping people with serious mental illnesses in longterm care, the number of people who need help and who are instead in prisons, like DeSantis, has jumped to 16 percent across the country. That's triple the amount there …
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Two Lee mental health nonprofits merge
Lee Mental Health and Southwest Florida Addiction Services, SWFAS, have been renamed SalusCare Inc. The new nonprofit has a joined workforce of 450 employees expected to provide care to more than 17,000 patients annually with mental health …
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